Users and the filesystem

How Ubuntu handles files

Paths
Mounting
File & folder names
Case sensitivity
Folder ↔ Directory
Important filesystem locations
/home
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Location Details
/ bin Essential software, typically needed to get the system running
/ boot Files related to the boot menu/ loader
/ dev Virtual files representing hardware devices
/ etc System(global) configuration files
/ home Users’ personal folders
/ lib Support (library) files required by software
/ media Contains subfolders where storage devices can be mounted
/ proc Virtual folder containing files representing stats and settings
/ root Personal folder of the root user
Essential software for system maintenance, usually used only
/ sbin
By the root user
/ tmp Temporary files/ folders
Essentially, subdirectories containing most software used on
/ usr
The system, including system libraries and documentation
Data that is vital to the running of the system and that is
/ var
Constantly being updated
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Hidden files and folders
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File extensions
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Understanding users
Root user
File permissions
chmod
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Nautilus:An overview
Places → Home Folder
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Day-to-day file management

Links and launchers
Bookmarks
Tabbed browsing
Table 4-2
Searching for files
Special browsing locations
File Associations
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File compression
ZIP
Tape ARchive
.tar
.tar.gz, tgz
.tar.bz2, tbz
.zip
Hands-on at the command-line

All about the shell

command-line
bashed about
bash – the Bourne Again SHell
Korn Shell(ksh), C Shell(csh)
To DOS or not to DOS
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Understanding the prompt

Starting a command-line session
desktop terminal program(terminal emulator)
virtual console(virtual terminal)
Knowing who you are
prompt
Knowing where you’re browsing
pwd
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How commands works

Arguments
Command options
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Complex filenames
space
“”, \
Relative and absolute paths
Running programs
echo $PATH
./browser
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Useful everyday commands

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